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Americus Glass on Jackson Street.

It scares the crap out of me that people are trying to learn how to build and install channel letters from a forum.

I use the step bits from Harbor Freight for drilling holes in acrylic. They're cheap and drill perfect holes. Have never drilled a pilot hole first, I just use the step bit.

Porcelain & ceramic suck to drill. I would recommend tape-mounting them if that's feasible. If you wind up drilling, you'll want a diamond core bit. Milwaukee's are decent and are available at Home Depot. Sometimes I use the diamond core bit to get through the glazing then use a glass & tile...

Ha, none. Just posting since I have hands-on experience with it. Professional painters love it, the finish is excellent.

I have the cordless Graco, it works great. Runs off the DeWalt batteries and you can spray for a really long time on one battery.

Just to reiterate how far tool technology has come, Hilti just released an impact that can scan the bar code on the box of fasteners and it will automatically set the impact to fasten to the specified torque. That's pretty awesome.

Kind of a broad question since the run time depends on a number of factors (outside temp, battery size, number and size of holes being drilled, material you're drilling into, etc.), but with an average size battery, I can easily drill around 150 holes for 1/4" drop-in anchors in concrete...

OP asked a pretty straghtforward question: best cordless drill & bits.....just trying to give him answers based on actual use drilling thousands and thousands of holes in brick, concrete, stacked stone, stone, etc. I'm drilling in that stuff monthly....sometimes weekly. I've been through a...

Forget the cordless models? The cordless models also have zero issues drilling through brick/masonry. Plus he said he wanted cordless. That model you posted has no notable benefits over the cordless model. Slightly faster? Yes. Slightly. But you also have to deal with a cord and a power...

24v (discontinued) and 18v is old, old, OLD technology....

In the interest of not steering people wrong, those were the old stem pack DeWalt tools....assuming these are the same DeWalt tools you've referenced in the past as being junk. The newer DeWalt tools are definitely not high end home user. All of the big players are on a pretty level playing...

He just mentioned drilling for studs in brick....so I'm guessing he's not drilling much more than 3/16". But even so, there are cordless rotary hammers that will drill 3/4" holes all day with ease.

Gotchya. I haven't purchased tools in a box store in quite a while...everything I get is off Amazon, Acme Tools, CPO, etc. Cordless SDS Plus drills have been out for quite a few years. SDS Max ahas been out for a while as well. Just about any construction tool out there is available in a...

Sorry, going to have to disagree....the cordless stuff that's out will easily hang with their corded counterparts...often even outperforming. Doesn't matter if it's for studs, like the OP is asking about or if it's for large anchors & rebar...there are cordless options that king. No cords. No...

Just about any of the big name drills will perform well. It more depends on if you currently have a cordless line of tools. If you do, it just makes sense to get that brand. If you don't, the next factor would be how much you will actually need/use it. If the answer is 'rarely', you could look...

This. I've always used fishing line and a small sinker.

Lots of variables here. Here's my take on this... Let's say he's dealing with 1/4" acrylic (which isn't a true 1/4"....more like .220") and he's stud-mounting it. They drill maybe 1/8" into the acrylic and tap it. The studs thread in maybe a turn and a half. He installs it in brick with...

I'm curious what additive that has that makes it adhere to plastics/acrylic. Your typical neutral-cure or acid (acetoxy)-cure silicones on smooth, unfinished acrylic can usually be peeled off pretty easily. It doesn't mean a sign installed with it will fall down, but it doesn't guarantee that it...

I wish people would stop recommending silicone for acrylic. It's adhesion to bare acrylic is nothing to write home about.